Lighting Design

In MYBrain (2007), that material becomes a self-portrait. An MRI scan of Lervik’s own brain was translated into a digital model and 3D-printed to form the lamp’s shade. Its folds determine the pattern of depth and shadow when illuminated. Technology makes the idea possible without becoming the subject in its own right.

Other projects bring illumination into unexpected situations. Bright Handle, developed for ASSA ABLOY, integrates coloured light into a door handle. Tactus explores contact between people through a connected pair of lamps: touching one sends a light signal to the other, while a reciprocal touch creates a heartbeat-like pulse.

For Design House Stockholm, Luna takes the familiar glass globe and rethinks its construction. A concealed cap, an acrylic cross and a single cord support the light. The result puts attention on the illuminated glass rather than the fittings that hold it in place.

The relationship between a lamp and its supporting elements also shapes Castor for Noon and Nodum for Zero. Castor brings a cone-shaped shade, suspension and power supply into one design. Nodum makes its wound textile cable part of the sculptural expression instead of treating it as something to hide.

In Sense Light Swing, also known as Light Swing, a familiar act of play becomes an encounter with light. Designed in 2005 for Saas Instruments, the luminous swing connects movement, the body and illumination. It belongs to the same questioning approach as the smaller domestic objects, but changes the scale and setting.

Together these projects show a practice that does not begin with one fixed type of lamp. A scan, a gesture, a cable or a swing can become the starting point. The project pages below bring together the design stories, manufacturers and images, tracing how light moves between everyday products and experimental work.